Ken Jeffery

@KenJeffery
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Associate Director CTET at Royal Roads University. Learning design, OpenEd, critical pedagogy, graphic arts, sustainable and livable communities, bicycles, climate, eats plants, he/him.

alt-text for profile: I'm wearing a grey cap, outdoor shirt, and my usual weirdly goofy smile. A peaceful lake behind me.

alt text for header: Street art found on the side of a building in Port Melbourne, with stylized text 'greetings from Port: Boon Wurrung Country'.

Show threadKen JefferyFeb 18

@grantpotter I'd never argue with Brian Eno, but I've only recently found out about the trend in easy listening music called 'lo-fi' which means they've added the pops and scratches back IN, like when I didn't clean the vinyl properly.

As someone who was pretty good about looking after my records, I admit I find it a bit difficult to listen to! OR on second reading, maybe I'm agreeing with Eno?

Show threadKen JefferyJan 26
@chendricks Also, I'm at the point in my life now where I use "back in the day" un-ironically, it seems...
Show threadKen JefferyJan 26
@chendricks They're a long-time Vancouver band with a mostly local, Gen-X following, they played all the popular Vancouver venues back in the day :)
Ken JefferyJan 26
54-40 just released a new album, Porto, and within two songs, it has lifted me up. I needed this.
Show threadKen JefferyJan 14
@actualham
Ken JefferyJan 14
Francisca SinnJan 7

“The officer then said that even a swift return of America to its former role won’t matter.

Because “we will never fucking trust you again.”

The Americans at the table seemed somewhat startled by the heat of that pronouncement. I agreed with it entirely. So, it seemed to me, did most of the non-Americans.

… it was still being talked about the next day. “Thank God,” one allied official said to me. “Someone had to tell them.””

#MustRead #UN #NATO #Canada #Allies

https://open.substack.com/pub/theline/p/matt-gurney-we-will-never-fucking?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Show threadKen JefferyJan 14
actually, welcome to the polycrisis.
Ken JefferyJan 14

So the hottest years ever recorded are officially:

2023
2024
2025

and all were over 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial target.
Welcome to overshoot.

Show threadKen JefferyDec 22
@GrumpusNation I’ll admit it’s certainly woken me up - I’m finding excellent Canadian alternatives in the grocery store for instance that I just wasn’t paying attention to before.
Show threadKen JefferyDec 22
We've been in a trading relationship with the US for a long time, and while we've often had disagreements, we know that tariffs come and go.
I'm sure the 51st State/annexation rhetoric has changed Canadian buying habits for the long run.